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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3945, 22 October 1891, Page 2

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Br Tbleobaph.—Press Association. Crezural Sooth In Auckland. Auckland, October 21. The Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Bi3bop Cowie, paid a visit to General Booth this morning. A deputation from the. Auckland Ministers' Association also welcomed the General to New Zealand, and congratulated him on the success of the Salvation Army.

General Booth addressed a crowded meeting at the City Hall to-night, explaining his scheme for the relief of the terrible misery of the masses of London. He maintained that the people whom he proposed to bring to the colonies would be useful members of the community, and not paupers. The object of the scheme is to settle the people on the land in a systematic way, and he believed there was a capacity in these colonies to maintain 130,000,000 people in as much comfort as the 8,000,000 people had who are here to day. His scheme, he contended, would remove the overcompetition now complained of in the labour market, and there would be no dinger of over production of food. He has not decided what Colony shall be the scene of his operations, bat he is considering a good offer from South Africa. General Booth leaves for New Plymouth to-morrow.

Address l>y Mr W. L. Ben ICXR. Napier, October 21. Mr \V. L. Rees, M.H.R., addressed a moderately well attended meeting at the Theatre Royal to-nigbt on the proceedings of last session of Parliament. It had been given out that the address was to have been given in reply to some strictures in the flawke's Bay Herald relative to the payment of £3OO made to him by the Grey Government in 1879, and to his connection with the unfortunate East Coast Native Land Company- He, however, made no reference to these matters, except to say that he would explain them privately to anyone who thought tbey reflected on his character. The most interesting part of the address was his lengthy explanation of how he came to get the Chairmanship of Committees. He paid a warm tribute to the conduct and bearing of the Labour members. A vote of thanks to Mr Rees and confidence in the present Ministry were carried.